“Miss Gennie”

By Phil Stark

Watercolor, 20 x 24 inches

Stark developed a love of art as a young boy, creating drawings inspired by radio shows. Recently, during his coastal travels, a series of anchored shrimp boats caught his eye. “[My wife and I] both were struck by their aging character,” he recalls, “and I painted ‘Miss Gennie’ upon our return to Savannah.”

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“Lylith the Lion Fish”

By Samone Norsworthy

Watercolor and mixed media, 8 x 10 inches

Norsworthy captures the Technicolor allure of life beneath the waves in her vivid compositions. The granddaughter of a shipbuilder who emigrated from Sweden to Savannah, she has an irrepressible fascination with ocean creatures. “The sea is a mysterious place where discovery is limitless,” she muses.

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“Femme Facette”

By Brenda Turner

Gouache study on black Arches paper, 30 x 20 inches

Turner’s innovative graphic works have been featured in nearly 70 competitive art shows and in the pages of Watercolor magazine. In “Femme Facette,” she deconstructs the female figure into a glorious puzzle of irregularly shaped fields of color, revealing the edgy, experimental potential of this traditional art form.